| Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rose, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674053095 ISBN-13: 9780674053090 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1995 Annotation: The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in eighteenth-century Britain--and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property. Authors and Owners is at once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history and a significant contribution to literary and cultural history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Law |
| Dewey: 346.048 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.15" W x 9.21" (0.67 lbs) 190 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in eighteenth-century Britain--and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property. Authors and Owners is at once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history and a significant contribution to literary and cultural history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rose, Mark: - Mark Rose is Research Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. |